Black History Month Show Will Add Laughter to Tough Topic

In celebration of Black History Month, Harper College will welcome "The Black-Jew
Dialogues," a free two-man show intended to spur dialogue on potentially touchy subjects
while still loading up on laughs.

Written in three days by performers Ron Jones and Larry Jay Tish as they holed up
in a hotel room, the play incorporates comedic sketches, improvisation, multi-media
and puppetry as it celebrates diversity and attempts to find humor in the history
of prejudice.

The free Harper performance is at 7 p.m. Thursday, February 7 in the Building J Theatre
on Harper's main campus, 1200 W. Algonquin Road. An audience discussion will follow.

"The Black-Jew Dialogues" has been performed at colleges, universities, religious
organizations and theaters across North America and the U.K., and inspired the creation
of Dialogue on Diversity workshops, which offer cultural sensitivity and awareness
training to both private and public institutions.